A PAIR OF GOTO SCHOOL MENUKI AND A PAIR OF GOTO STYLE MENUKI

LATE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), THE SECOND INSCRIBED ON TANZAKU KOJO AND WITH KAO

Details

A PAIR OF GOTO SCHOOL MENUKI AND A PAIR OF GOTO STYLE MENUKI
late edo period (19th century), the second inscribed on tanzaku kojo and with kao
The small gold pair with a design of large and small pine cones and pine needles; the small pair in the form of sennin on donkeys, one riding backwards
The first width 1in. (3.2cm.), thickness 3mm. each; the second width .7/8in. (2.2cm.), thickness 5mm. each (4)

Exhibited

Mikimoto Hall, Mikimoto Ginza, Tokyo, 1980.3.14--23

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Ando Satsuo, Kodogu/The World of Sword Furnishings: Fittings from the Collection of Raymond Bushell (Tokyo: Mikimoto, 1980), nos. 41 and 69.